None of my other gerbils have ever like running on a wheel so I've never had to look into this!
But Evie my little girlie loves her wheel and runs on it all the time, the one I gave her is this
Rat Wheels & Balls : Rodent Wheel Metal Fine Meshed Tread: 22cm (9") : www.EquineCanineFeline.com the place to buy all your Pet Products, Horse Products and Pet Supplies online

Is this ok for her though?
Or would a different wheel be better?

It's kinda hard to keep it in her tank because it gets covered in substrate a few times a day but I dont want to take it away because she enjoys is so much.

a solid metal one would be better, those mesh ones are nasty and could lead to bumble foot or broken toes

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Personally I don't like those wheels for anything, as toes and tails can get caught and cause some nasty injuries

I don't have gerbils but I would probably suggest the Wooden Karlie wheel

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Om a gerbil forum Im on everyone seems to use those mesh ones, I dont use them because they are soooooo noisy, Ive got to keep my oh sweet where the rodents are concerned and being kept awake every night wouldnt be great

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gsds (Henrick and Bella), the cats (Syd, Lilly, Elvis and Dizzy), the gerbils (Honey, Lisa, crusty, Millhouse, Flanders, Bart and Homer), the rats (Valentine, Flower, Petal, Blossom, Koda, Cava, George), the mice (Minnie, Pop, Seudag, Caraid, Silver, Trouble, Athena, Pandora, Aphrodite, Meep, and Springtime)

Oh no, I feel like a bad gerbil mummy now I didn't realise they were extra bad for them. I thought the ones that had metal rungs were bad but not these mesh ones.
I'm going to take it out of their tank and get a new one asap.

Where would I get a solid mesh one from please?
I'd love a Karlie one because they look so nice but the gerbs would probably eat it!

I've been told mesh ones are fine because it's closer together etc x

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lots of rodents
2 monster dogs
1 slinky cat

That's just what I assumed.

They are closer together but toes can still get caught

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I use a Silent Spinner. They are supposed to be silent, hence the name. But there is a reason Ebony is in the living room, well away from the bedroom and that is because of his love of the "silent" spinner - it makes a racket when he's on it! lol Some people do apparently have success getting quiet ones, or maybe my gerbil is just noisy.

I had a fine mesh divider up in my tank. Sandy scaled it and got her hand stuck. If it hadn't have been such fine mesh, she wouldn't have got it stuck.

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7 guppies Alvin, Theodore, Simon.

R.I.P Dusky, Storm, Sandy and Ebony.

mesh is still capable of trapping toes and rubbing sores on feet and allowing bumble foot to set in, the only difference between rungs and mesh, is they cant snap their legs on mesh by putting a foot wrong

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